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Grizzly bears venturing from dens in search of food this spring will face landscapes dominated by mines, roads, pipelines, clearcuts and ever-expanding towns and cities. As in years past, they will also face the possibility of painful death at the hands of trophy hunters. B.C.’s spring bear hunt just opened. Hunters are fanning out across […]

The Japanese earthquake and tsunami of March 2011 is still being discussed three years later, particularly in relation to the catastrophic meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.Faced with a lack of available official information on Fukushima and its effects, millions have tried to educate themselves on the Internet.

There was a range of emotions, discussion points, expressions of hope and even moments of levity Monday night as a cross-section of Vancouver residents attended an open dialogue on racism in British Columbia. How Racist Are We? — a panel discussion organized by the Laurier Institution in partnership with The Province newspaper — tackled the uncomfortable topic of race relations in B.C., with an aim of charting a course toward a more inclusive and integrated society. It is a topic that has been discussed at length in the pages of this newspaper as part of the multi-part Racism in Paradise series.

He is known all over the world as the Man in Motion. Last night, 25 years to the day he returned from his global wheelchair circumnavigation tour, Rick Hansen was honoured in a star-studded evening at the Pacific Coliseum: Rick Hansen: A Concert For Heroes.

As for many people around the globe, Rick Hansen is an inspiration to musician Sarah McLachlan.
"I just have huge respect for him," said McLachlan in a recent interview. "You know the fact that he could take such a devastating injury and turn it into something truly incredible and look at it as a gift and change the world; change the face of spinal research and just to lend a really powerful voice to that cause and other causes as well."

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